Metro-riding Nats fans stranded after 13-inning game

Washington Nationals\' Jayson Werth, right, celebrates with Danny Espinosa, second from right, Kurt Suzuki, center, and others after Espinosa scores the winning run during the 13th inning of a baseball with the Atlanta Braves game at Nationals Park on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Washington. The Nationals won 5-4 in 13 innings. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“I come out and everything’s closed. This is beyond ridiculous,” Wines said.

The Nationals and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority don’t have an agreement in place to ensure trains will be running in the rare event a game runs past midnight.

Some fans realized their ride home was leaving, but didn’t want to miss the end of the game.

“It came up on the screen at the ballgame that the line was closing, but we thought we’d still have enough time, but then it went into extra innings,” said Geraldine Forsyth.

“They told us they weren’t going to take us home and we didn’t care because we wanted to watch the game,” said a fan who called himself Rob. “Then we got out here and there’s no Metro, so we’re all stuck.”

Alex Schloe had parked his car at Clarendon Metro, and had no idea how he’d get home to Front Royal.

“I just figured since there was a game with thousands of people it would still be open, instead of people being stranded here,” he told ABC 7.